Antipsychotics and associated risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

P. Weeke*, A. Jensen, F. Folke, G. H. Gislason, J. B. Olesen, E. L. Fosbøl, M. Wissenberg, F K Lippert, E. F. Christensen, S. L. Nielsen, E. Holm, J. K. Kanters, H. E. Poulsen, L. Køber, C. Torp-Pedersen

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

Antipsychotic drugs have been associated with sudden cardiac death, but differences in the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) associated with different antipsychotic drug classes are not clear. We identified all OHCAs in Denmark (2001-2010). The risk of OHCA associated with antipsychotic drug use was evaluated by conditional logistic regression analysis in case-time-control models. In total, 2,205 (7.6%) of 28,947 OHCA patients received treatment with an antipsychotic drug at the time of the event. Overall, treatment with any antipsychotic drug was associated with OHCA (odds ratio (OR) = 1.53, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.23-1.89), as was use with typical antipsychotics (OR = 1.66, CI: 1.27-2.17). By contrast, overall, atypical antipsychotic drug use was not (OR = 1.29, CI: 0.90-1.85). Two individual typical antipsychotic drugs, haloperidol (OR = 2.43, CI: 1.20-4.93) and levomepromazine (OR = 2.05, CI: 1.18-3.56), were associated with OHCA, as was one atypical antipsychotic drug, quetiapine (OR = 3.64, CI: 1.59-8.30).

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Sider (fra-til)490-497
Antal sider8
TidsskriftClinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Vol/bind96
Udgave nummer4
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 okt. 2014

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